nba playoffs

The brightest stars of these NBA playoffs: yeah, we're kind of sick of reading about them, too. There's a reason Balls Out spends so much time harping on your Durants and your Westbrooks and... read more

This is nothing new. Throughout the playoffs, that's been my answers to Russell Westbrook's critics. My longest post here yet was devoted to explaining, with no small measure of personal investment, how what we're... read more

Throughout my life I have always gravitated toward the underdog. If there was an opportunity to root for any sort of lesser/fringy/flawed character over a clear-cut winner/dominator, you could bet the farm which side... read more

David Roth: Come up with something interesting to say about the Hawks. I can't manage it right now. I remember their jerseys used to be hilariously ugly. A life-sized hawk on every uniform. An... read more

We asked our guest blogger for the NBA playoffs, Bethlehem Shoals, to take a look at GQ's recently posted slideshow of players and their press conference style sense. Bethlehem, whose passion for sartorial matters... read more

Russell Westbrook ain't right. Actually, he never really is—the Thunder's third-year point guard isn't exactly known for his equilibrium. Unpredictable, even erratic, Westbrook is a zero-sum hellion who this year somehow always came out... read more

If you're familiar with Bethlehem Shoals's work, you know that he's a high-motor, dive-for-loose-balls type—Tony Allen with a vast vocabulary and a solid working understanding of critical theory, basically. It's admirable, but it can... read more

Each Friday throughout the playoff season, GQ's guest blogger Bethlehem Shoals and fellow hoop-head David Roth, a sportswriter for The Wall Street Journal and The Awl, team up for a wide-ranging, savant-level dialogue about... read more